BOBBYCAST - Bobby’s Top 10 Tim McGraw Songs of All Time

Summary

Bobbycast: Bobby’s Top 10 Tim McGraw Songs of All Time

Host: Bobby Bones (with Eddie)
Date: June 26, 2026
Podcast: The Bobby Bones Show / Bobbycast
Theme: Bobby Bones counts down and discusses his personally-chosen Top 10 Tim McGraw songs with mega-fan Eddie, with stories about the music, impact, and personal anecdotes.

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Episode Overview

This Bobbycast episode is all about Bobby Bones' personal top 10 Tim McGraw songs. Joined by friend and fellow McGraw enthusiast Eddie, the pair run through Bobby’s rankings, reflect on their impact, and swap stories—both funny and heartfelt—about Tim, the music industry, and their own country fandom. The show features a lot of lively banter, personal anecdotes (including gifted hats and office chairs), some deep dives into country songwriting, and plenty of playful arguments over what should make the top 10.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Setup:

• Bobby wears a Tim McGraw tour hat as a way to get into the spirit.
• Eddie is introduced as a self-admitted "super fan" of McGraw's hits, especially the big singles rather than the deep cuts.
  • "Dude, I love Tim McGraw… He is the man!" – Eddie (02:49)

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Bobby’s Top 10 Tim McGraw Songs (w/ Commentary & Reactions)

1. #10: “Something Like That” (1999) – [03:06]

• Huge hit for Eddie (his personal #1!).
• The guys reminisce about the imagery: "Barbecue stain in my white T-shirt..."
• Nostalgia and romance in the lyrics.
• Gentle disagreement: Bobby thinks the story’s a bit sad, Eddie finds it hopeful.
  • "That's my number one." – Eddie (03:23)
  • "Maybe I just think old stuff’s sad." – Bobby (04:07)

2. Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Anecdotes – [05:04]

• Eddie shares about receiving an office chair from Tim (after on-air plea for chair sponsors).
• The pair laugh about Tim and Faith sending a high-end baby gift: personalized onesies.
• Speculation on whether Tim and Faith actually shop for gifts themselves.

3. #9: “Humble and Kind” (2016) – [06:44]

• Written by Lori McKenna (not McGraw); Bobby discusses hearing Tim hype its release.
• Praised for its universal, positive message.
• Video highlighted everyday people, not actors.
• Won multiple awards, including CMA Song of the Year.
• Acoustic version works, but needs "the band" for full effect.
  • "He was like, it's a game changer…. It was." – Bobby (07:09)

4. #8: “My Best Friend” (1999) – [08:20]

• Assumed by many to be about Faith Hill, but not written by McGraw; written by Amy Mayo and Bill Luther.
• Discussion of how songs are written/pitched in Nashville.
  • "Can you write something kind of like that? Says, she's my best friend." – Eddie (08:37)
  • "I don't really think that's how that works." – Bobby (08:48)

5. #7: “She’s My Kind of Rain” (2002) – [10:24]

• Song bridges McGraw’s transition from novelty/fun hits to more mature music.
• A "deep cut" loved by Bobby’s wife.
• Both guys confess it’s less familiar to them; confusion with Clint Black’s rain song.
  • "I put She's My Kind of Rain at number seven because if my wife ever hears this and I don’t put it in, I’ll get a nod on the head." – Bobby (11:50)

6. #6: “Where the Green Grass Grows” (1998) – [12:01]

• Evokes rural roots; fiddle intro praised.
• Eddie shouts out his friend Dino on the fiddle.
• Released when McGraw was connecting with his background, amid rising fame and fortune.
• Sparks personal nostalgia for both hosts about the late ’90s.

7. #5: “It’s Your Love” [Duet with Faith Hill] (1997) – [17:09]

• Seen as one of the greatest country duets.
• Not written by McGraw, but emblematic of Tim and Faith as a power couple (Faith pregnant in the music video).
• Charted high on both country and pop; "authentic" because of the real-life connection.
  • "The song turned them into country music’s power couple." – Bobby (18:45)

8. #4: “Indian Outlaw” (1994) – [19:13]

• McGraw’s breakthrough hit, but controversial for its Native American stereotypes.
• Lyrics read on air, with both hosts reflecting on how the song wouldn’t be written today.
• Discussion about "novelty" vs. "fun" songs and 1990s pop culture context.
  • "Ultimately, McGraw acknowledged the controversy, but defended the song as a tongue-in-cheek piece of storytelling." – Bobby (25:02)

9. #3: “Live Like You Were Dying” (2004) – [26:17]

• Seven weeks at #1; sweeping awards.
• Described as both sad and inspirational, commonly played at funerals and major moments.
• Bobby confesses the song motivates him (briefly) each time he hears it.
  • "Every time I'd hear it, I'd be like, I'm gonna change my life and live like I really...and then I never did." – Bobby (27:04)

10. #2: “Just to See You Smile” (1997) – [28:12]

• Six week #1 hit.
• Unique for a breakup song—narrator wants ex’s happiness.
• Bobby says it's often underrated as a top-tier McGraw song.

11. #1: “Don’t Take The Girl” (1994) – [28:43]

• The first song that made Bobby cry as a young teen.
• Storytelling triumph with music video that is "like a short movie."
• Still gets asked: did the girl survive at the end? Even Tim isn’t certain.
  • "This was the first song that, when I was 13 or 14, made me sad by listening to a song." – Bobby (28:47)
  • "When I asked him, he said, I don’t think so."—Bobby, on whether the girl survives (29:25)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On “Indian Outlaw”:
  • "It's just heavy stereotypes.... I don't feel like it's a deliberate attack. I just feel like maybe it was a little insensitive." – Bobby (24:54, 25:02)
• On the writing process:
  • "People look at their calendar, they go to a room in an office building, they sit down, they write songs." – Bobby (10:04)
• On being inspired (or not):
  • "Every time I'd hear it, I'd be like, I'm gonna change my life...and then I never did." – Bobby (27:04)
• On behind-the-scenes gift exchanges:
  • "Tim McGraw did Eddie’s chair. I still have it. It's in my home office now." – Eddie (05:04)
• Playful banter about personal connections:
  • "Can I have his [Tim McGraw’s] number? I promise I won’t text him." – Eddie (33:08)
  • "If you’re never gonna text him, what’s the difference?" – Bobby (33:41)

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Songs That Almost Made the List / Honorable Mentions

• Eddie’s picks:

  • “Highway Don’t Care,” “Red Ragtop,” “Shotgun Rider,” “If You’re Reading This"
  • Both agree "If You’re Reading This" is powerful, written by McGraw, performed emotionally at a book event (31:19).

• Duets Not Included:

  • Interview Guest recalls “I Need You” with Faith Hill performed at the ACMs on one mic, very powerful (32:22).

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Personal Stories & Industry Insights

• Stories about how Tim McGraw interacts with fans and peers—sending chairs, gifts.
• Details about the Nashville system of “song-shopping” and how perceptions of songwriting credits have changed.
• Lively exchange over how much personal connection Bobby has with various country stars, with Eddie begging for celebrity phone numbers in classic “church giggles” fashion.
• Bobby pulls up his contact list, running through country stars (Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Shania Twain, etc.) for Eddie, who wants to see if he has athletes' numbers mixed in.

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Key Timestamps

• [02:20] – Episode proper begins; Tim McGraw hat anecdote, Eddie joins.
• [03:06] – #10: “Something Like That”
• [06:44] – #9: “Humble and Kind”
• [08:20] – #8: “My Best Friend”
• [10:24] – #7: “She’s My Kind of Rain”
• [12:01] – #6: “Where the Green Grass Grows”
• [17:09] – #5: “It’s Your Love”
• [19:13] – #4: “Indian Outlaw”
• [26:17] – #3: “Live Like You Were Dying”
• [28:12] – #2: “Just to See You Smile”
• [28:43] – #1: “Don’t Take The Girl”
• [31:19] – Honorable Mention: “If You’re Reading This”
• [32:22] – Honorable Mention: “I Need You” (duet with Faith Hill)
• [33:08–38:00+] – Extended “give me their phone numbers” banter and contacts game

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Tone & Style

The episode mixes deep fanhood, music geekery, industry education, and comedic back-and-forth. Bobby is reflective and detailed, but playfully sardonic—especially about his own pessimism (“My assumption is all tragedy.” – 04:27). Eddie provides enthusiastic “super fan” reactions, pushing for the emotional, fun, and most recognizable McGraw anthems.

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For Newcomers & McGraw Fans

• The countdown is both personal and steeped in country radio history—you’ll get context for each song’s cultural impact and the stories behind them.
• The chat about songwriting in Nashville gives behind-the-scenes insight.
• Their affection for Tim McGraw as a “dude” comes through—the man behind the music matters just as much as the hits.
• The list is shaped by both hosts’ ages, personal associations, and their unique radio stories—including that all-important office chair.

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Summary Table: Bobby’s Top 10 Tim McGraw Songs

| Rank | Song Title | Release Year | Notes/Discussion Highlights | Timestamps | |------|-----------------------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------| | 1 | Don’t Take the Girl | 1994 | First #1, deeply emotional, storytelling | 28:43 | | 2 | Just to See You Smile | 1997 | Unique breakup theme, six weeks at #1 | 28:12 | | 3 | Live Like You Were Dying | 2004 | Inspirational, award-winning, all occasions | 26:17 | | 4 | Indian Outlaw | 1994 | Controversial, McGraw's breakthrough, novelty hit | 19:13 | | 5 | It’s Your Love (w/ Faith Hill)| 1997 | Power-couple duet, authenticity, chart crossover | 17:09 | | 6 | Where the Green Grass Grows | 1998 | Fiddle-driven, rural nostalgia, personal roots | 12:01 | | 7 | She’s My Kind of Rain | 2002 | Matured sound, a favorite of Bobby's wife | 10:24 | | 8 | My Best Friend | 1999 | Written by Amy Mayo & Bill Luther, often linked to Faith | 08:20 | | 9 | Humble and Kind | 2016 | Written by Lori McKenna, universal positive message | 06:44 | | 10 | Something Like That | 1999 | Fan favorite (esp. Eddie), vivid story, nostalgia | 03:06 |

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Closing

The episode is more than a music ranking—it's a look into friendship, radio life, country music's collaborative spirit, and the enduring power of Tim McGraw’s songbook. Both serious McGraw aficionados and casual listeners will find stories, laughter, and trivia to enjoy.

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Final Memorable Moment:

• "I like him as a dude. I love him as a dude. I want some more of him as a dude." – Bobby (31:08)

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Transcript

[Bobby Bones]

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[Eddie]

Do you realize how legendary you are?

[Fab Five Freddy]

I appreciate that I be seeing it, but I'm like, man, I still got like so much more to do. Like Princess, he dropped like 30 albums. We dropped like five right now. That's the rate we gotta be going.

[Eddie]

Yep, that's a good attitude.

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[Bobby Bones]

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Bobbycast, where we're doing my top ten greatest Tim McGraw songs of all time. Now, this hat right here was given to me by Tim McGraw. I found it. I couldn't find it for like a month. And so he came off his Soul to Soul tour, his Vegas Residency and said, I wore this for half the tour. Now I'm wearing it. Ah, it feels so good. I thought it'd be perfect for the Tim McGraw episode. And I brought in a massive Tim McGraw fan.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Eddie.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Eddie]

I love Tim McGraw, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

He is the man.

[Bobby Bones]

You're a bigger McGraw fan than I am. I'm a fan. You're a super fan.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

But.

[Eddie]

But here's the deal. I don't know the deep cuts of Tim McGraw. I never went like, oh, I need to know more about Tim McGraw. I just love the Tim McGraw that everyone knows.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I have the top 10 greatest songs from Tim McGraw. From me. And so let's go through them and you'll know all of them. At number 10 from 1999. Something like that.

[Eddie]

Come on, dude.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

That.

[Eddie]

That's your number 10.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

It'd have been much higher for you.

[Eddie]

That's my number one.

[Bobby Bones]

No way.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a number one for you.

[Eddie]

Absolutely.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, the most memorable thing about this song is barbecue stand in my white T shirt.

[Eddie]

Correct. You were killing me in that miniskirt.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. That'd be your number one, huh?

[Eddie]

Dude, I love it when I listen to that song. The imagery going through my head. Even the dude getting on the airplane and like, whoa, I recognize that voice. And then seeing the girl, like, dude, that. It all lives in my head. Skipping rocks by the river, all that.

[Bobby Bones]

Released in 1999. The line about barbecue staying in my white T shirt is probably what people recognize the most. This song's kind of sad, though.

[Eddie]

Why do they not get together?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, it's like nostalgia.

[Eddie]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe I just think old stuff sad,

[Eddie]

but nothing happens at the end. I feel like they get together.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, okay.

[Eddie]

Because there's the first memory at the fair, right? Yeah. Then they see each other on the way to Mardi Gras.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Okay.

[Eddie]

I. To me. And that's where it ends. That's where Tim stops telling us the story.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe. I'd assume everything ends in tragedy.

[Eddie]

They never saw each other.

[Bobby Bones]

My assumption is all tragedy. That's my number 10 song. It's crazy. That have been your number one.

[Eddie]

Clearly my number one song.

[Bobby Bones]

Funny thing. We did this thing on our radio show where our company wouldn't buy us chairs, so we had moved studios. Chairs are expensive. The company just said, use your old chairs. But we had built all these new desks. And I said, man, it sure would be nice if we had chair sponsors. And so artists would call and say, I got your chair. So Garth Brooks did my Chair. And it says what? My second book was Fight, Grind, Repeat, and it's an awesome chair. Tim McGraw did Eddie's chair.

[Eddie]

I still have it. It's in my home office now. It's pretty cool, dude. Every time I sit on it, I'm like, wow, Tim McGraw gave me this chair.

[Bobby Bones]

Did he ever sign it?

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

As many times he was in. You didn't have him sign it?

[Eddie]

Maybe we should, like, if he comes back in the studio, I should bring that chair back so he signs it

[Bobby Bones]

or just have him come to your house.

[Eddie]

That'd be weird. I don't think he would do it.

[Bobby Bones]

They sent us a really nice baby gift. Him and Faith.

[Chuck Bryant]

I know.

[Eddie]

I saw. I don't even know. I don't remember what the gift was. I don't even know if I know what the gift was, but I saw the package. It was, like, from Tim and Faith, and it was beautifully wrapped and everything else.

[Drink Champs Host]

Yes.

[Eddie]

You remember my wife and I went over.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I know you guys came over. I didn't know you saw the painting

[Eddie]

and you hadn't opened it yet. And I was just like, dude, is that from Tim and Faith? You're like, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

It was a bunch of onesies for every month of the year. It's pretty cool. We looked it up. It's pretty expensive.

[Eddie]

Do you think Tim and Faith were at the mall and, like, we're like, ooh, she would like that.

[Bobby Bones]

What I really think happened is probably Tim's assistant, or maybe Tim saw on Instagram that we had a baby, and Tim says, hey, let's do for Bobby what we do for people that we're semi close to and send him this gift. But that counts.

[Eddie]

It does. It does. I pictured them at the mall, but.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, I've never seen them together at the mall.

[Eddie]

But you've seen them separately, right? I've seen Faith at the grocery store.

[Bobby Bones]

I've seen Faith, but never Tim at the mall. I've seen Nicole Kidman at the mall. I've seen Keith Urban at the mall, but not together. But have you seen them together at the mall? No.

[Eddie]

I've seen Faith at the mall, grocery store, and that's it. Have you seen Tim alone somewhere? Did you say that?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

Okay. Neither have I. Does Tim leave the house?

[Bobby Bones]

Some people saw him walking down the road by our radio station, our old radio station.

[Eddie]

Just walking down the road. That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Number nine on my list from 2016. Humble and kind.

[Eddie]

Lovely.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you even like the song?

[Eddie]

I do. Of course. Tim sings it. I like it.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, fair enough. This song happened once. We had moved to Nashville. He was more than 20 years into his career at this time. And I remember talking to him before this song came out. And I'm not sure maybe the record was even called Humble and Kind, I

[Eddie]

don't know, but sounds about right.

[Bobby Bones]

The song wasn't a single yet. And he was talking about, hey, there's gonna be this one song. It's a Laurie McKenna song. She's who wrote it. He's like, it's a game changer. And me, I'm about to do an interview. I'm like, okay, buddy. Everybody's always talking about what's gonna be a game changer. It's my most personal record ever. It's the best I done.

[Eddie]

Yeah, you said that the last time, so.

[Bobby Bones]

But it was.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's good.

[Bobby Bones]

What's the name of the record? Okay.

[Eddie]

Oh, well, we were wrong.

[Bobby Bones]

Whatever song was good.

[Eddie]

You know Lori McKenna?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I know her better than Tim.

[Eddie]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. She lives in Boston. People travel to her to write.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

She's also one of the Love Junkies. They've written a bunch of songs together, but the music video was a bunch of non famous people, a bunch of non actors from around the world. It's kind of cool, but it's a good song.

[Eddie]

I love the message.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I like slow songs, too. One song of the year at the CMA Awards, and it was just good. And he. You can play that one acoustic and it works. Yeah, if you play something like that acoustic, it works, but it's not the same. Oh, that song needs, like a band.

[Eddie]

You need the fiddle. Part. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Number eight from 1999. My best friend.

[Eddie]

Yeah, My best friend.

[Bobby Bones]

This song's so good.

[Eddie]

Yeah. So good.

[Bobby Bones]

People interpreted it to be about Faith Hill.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's not what it's about.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, it wasn't a duet, and I don't know that he wrote it.

[Eddie]

Okay. But as an artist, can you say, hey, three writers, two writers. I love my wife. Can you write something kind of like that? Says, she's my best friend.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't really think that's how that works.

[Eddie]

See, that's what I would do if I was an artist.

[Bobby Bones]

My Best Friend was written by Amy Mayo and Bill Luther. It was recorded by Tim McGraw. So normally an artist doesn't go, hey, I have an idea. Go write me this. They either write it or they say they're looking for a certain kind of song and they start to get pitched to them songs that have already been

[Eddie]

written and Then do, like record labels and artists, do they look at it, be like, ooh, best friend. This sounds great. Everyone's gonna think it's about you and Faith.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I think if you incorporate music video imagery and then. Yes, if he's singing it. Because I think Most people, even 1999, before social media, most people probably thought that artists wrote all their songs.

[Eddie]

Oh, for sure. I thought George Strait wrote all of his songs.

[Mangusha]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

So I don't know that what happens and that everybody knows what happens in Nashville was actually known as to what happens in Nashville. You know what I think was a big part of that was that the

[Eddie]

show Nashville exposing how all that worked.

[Bobby Bones]

Exposing is a weird word, but yeah. Well, I mean, act like it's a crime.

[Eddie]

Well, not that kind, but I mean, it kind of was. It's like told the whole story of this town, the good and the bad,

[Bobby Bones]

even that songs are written for artists by other people. I mean, the Bluebird for sure got famous from the show Nashville, dude.

[Eddie]

And the concept that writers sit in an office to write a country song

[Bobby Bones]

happens here every day. People look at their calendar, they go to a room in an office building, they sit down, they write songs.

[Mangusha]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I saw an interview with Hank Willis Jr. And he's just like, I can't stand that, like, country music songs should be written in the woods, not in an office. Somewhere on music row.

[Bobby Bones]

At number seven from 2002. She's my kind of rain.

[Eddie]

Oh, sing that one for me.

[Bobby Bones]

She's my. Oh, I can't sing it a lot because I'll get kicked off. So the interesting thing about this song, I was kind of out of country music at this time. I had about a 10 year period where I checked out was that when,

[Eddie]

like, alternative was kicking hard.

[Drink Champs Host]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And also when I was, like, working in pop music.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah. And if it was a crossover, you knew it, obviously.

[Bobby Bones]

But yeah, like, grew up always listening to country. That checked out for a bit, then came back, obviously. But this song was in that era of me not knowing. And it's my wife's favorite Tim McGraw song.

[Eddie]

Really?

[Bobby Bones]

And we were playing some Tim McGraw and she was like my favorite. She's my Kinderain. And I'm like, I don't. She's like, you don't know that song?

[Eddie]

No, see, that's kind of where I am right now with it. I feel like I need to hear it because the only thing I have in mind is Lock the Rain.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's Clint Black.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a jam. So this song was pitched to a bunch of artists before Tim cut it. It came out when Tim was moving away from novelty songs and leaning more into more mature material. So it's kind of one of those songs that bridge that gap from Tim when he was doing a bunch of the.

[Eddie]

Sure.

[Bobby Bones]

It's weird to say novelty, but to

[Eddie]

me, those are the fun songs.

[Interview Guest]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. Fun, like themed.

[Eddie]

Don't really think too much about it. I like it. I love it. Like, I want some more of it.

[Bobby Bones]

I put She's My Kind to reign at number seven, because if my wife ever hears this and I don't put it in, I'll get a nod on the head. I do like the song, though. Number six, 1998, where the Green Grass Grows.

[Eddie]

Ah, that's a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

That fiddle at the beginning, right? That's a fiddle, right?

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. That's my friend Dino. That's my friend Dino, dude. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a jam.

[Eddie]

It's so good.

[Bobby Bones]

Released in 97, but became a number one hit in 1998. This was that time when Tim started to get so successful that he had lived a life like he was singing and showing, but he started to get so rich and famous around this time where he kind of needed a song to connect with where he came from. And this was that. And he grew up in rural Louisiana. It's all about what, Escaping normal life. Corn pop Pop in Rose, the Everywhere album. And that album had a ton of songs, like massive songs. But, yeah, number six, where the green grass grows from Tim McGraw.

[Eddie]

That reminds me of a simpler time for you. Graduated high school Broker.

[Bobby Bones]

You're more broke.

[Eddie]

Oh, I was definitely a broker. Yeah, I thought I was a broker. I'm like, nah, I never did that. I was never a broker.

[Bobby Bones]

I graduated high school in 98. When did you.

[Eddie]

97. So it was my first year of college. Yeah, just the future was wide open, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Dang.

[Interview Guest]

You know.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it now, though?

[Eddie]

No, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

That's sad.

[Eddie]

It's kind of set in stone.

[Bobby Bones]

Now, the Bobby cast. We'll be right back.

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Hey, I'm Hoda Kotb, host of the podcast Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb. Okay. If you know me, you know this. I'm always searching for inspiration, for support, and useful tools to help maximize joy. So this podcast lets us uncover all of that together. We're going to have these meaningful conversations with the world's most fascinating people. Like when actress Olivia Munn shared how she overcame fierce health challenges that she never saw coming.

[Bobby Bones]

I've gone through breast cancer and then helped my mother through breast cancer, and that was more difficult. There's a lot of people who understand postpartum depression. I was not prepared for postpartum anxiety.

[Hoda Kotb]

Olympic champ Shawn Johnson revealed why she had no choice but to be a gymnast.

[Bobby Bones]

There was something about gymnastics that was intoxicating to me. It's given me a belief that we all have one of those treasures inside of us. We just have to find it.

[Hoda Kotb]

Listen to Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Mangusha]

I'm Mangusha together and I'm back with a new season of the podcast Skyline Drive. This time I'm diving into a rabbit hole of peptides, organoids, blood boys, blue zones, and brain replacement to try to understand what this longevity obsession is all about and what it really means to live forever for all of us. I learned about some rad science.

[Bobby Bones]

I can make a brain for you. And then we can test what drug is the best for your brain as opposed to his brain.

[Mangusha]

Here are some hard truths.

[Bobby Bones]

I would expect Indians to age faster, but I did not expect it to be almost a four to five year

[Mangusha]

acceleration and get myself into a world of trouble.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd say probably start bone smashing.

[Eddie]

That doesn't work.

[Bobby Bones]

To make it look more defined.

[Fab Five Freddy]

They say it works.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Mangusha]

Listen to Skyline Drive, how to live Forever on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Drink Champs Host]

June is Black Music Month, and on the Drink Champs podcast, we're speaking with the hottest names in the culture, like Swae Lee.

[Eddie]

Do you realize how legendary you are?

[Fab Five Freddy]

I appreciate that I be seeing it, but I'm like, man, I still got like so much more to do. Like Princess. He dropped like 30 albums. We dropped like five. Right now. That's the rate we gotta be going.

[Eddie]

Yep, that's a good attitude.

[Drink Champs Host]

You also hear stories from industry legends and hip hop pioneers like Fab five Freddy.

[Eddie]

I directed one of Nas's early videos. Which one one loved.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow.

[Fab Five Freddy]

Yes.

[Eddie]

I literally filmed in his apartment in Queensbridge. His moms were still up in that apartment. Nas was just beginning to take off. His pops used to live near me in Harlem. His dad introduced him to a whole lot of, you know, conscious stuff and he, he made a young prodigy.

[Drink Champs Host]

No matter the era, Drink Champs brings you the biggest names and the most unfiltered conversations. Listen to Drink Champs from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Bobby Bones]

And we're back on the Bobby cast at number five from 1997. Come on, it's your love.

[Eddie]

It does something to me.

[Bobby Bones]

Really One of the greatest duets of all time.

[Eddie]

Now, is this one about Faith written by Tim McGraw?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I don't think so.

[Interview Guest]

It wasn't.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Interview Guest]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

It wasn't.

[Eddie]

Dude. I didn't realize, but a lot of women writers, like, didn't realize women could write. Stop. I didn't realize that a lot of these songs were written by women. Like, it's Tim McGraw song to me, in my mind was just like, oh yeah, maybe Tim. And a couple of writers wrote this. Pretty cool. I like that.

[Bobby Bones]

This song obviously is associated with them too, because they both sang it. But also, she was pregnant in the video.

[Eddie]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

I believe.

[Hoda Kotb]

Wow.

[Eddie]

I don't remember the video.

[Bobby Bones]

So it was number one on country radio and then was a top 10 Billboard Hot 100 song, which means the pop charts.

[Eddie]

In the video. Were they trying to hide the pregnancy or were they showcasing the pregnancy?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I think she was just pregnant.

[Eddie]

He wasn't like grabbing the belly or anything.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think they were doing that.

[Eddie]

No.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

May.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't remember the video. I just feel like that she was pregnant in the video. Billboard named it the number one country song of 1997, his first major duet with Faith Hill. Tim and Faith had married the year before. Faith was pregnant with their first daughter when the song exploded. Here we go. The music video features a visibly pregnant Faith, which made the song feel authentic rather than manufactured.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. For sure.

[Bobby Bones]

The song turned them into country music's power couple.

[Eddie]

That's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

I just pictured him singing that song in this hat for sure. Like this is that hat dude with

[Eddie]

his muscles ripping out of his shirt.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't go like that. But do you see the picture of him and his brothers?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Chuck Bryant]

Ripped.

[Interview Guest]

What the heck?

[Eddie]

I know. Dude kind of looks like us when we take pictures.

[Bobby Bones]

You mean when we actually take the picture? Not the one.

[Eddie]

Just guys hanging out, taking pictures at number four. We're getting there. We're getting there.

[Bobby Bones]

From 1994.

[Eddie]

94. I like it. I love it. I want some more of it. No, it's gotta be. That's gotta be earlier than that. 94 is gonna be.

[Bobby Bones]

This is a song that was a bit controversial, and he stopped playing it for a while.

[Eddie]

Oh, Indian Outlaw song was awesome.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Yeah, dude.

[Fab Five Freddy]

This was the.

[Bobby Bones]

This was the introduction.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I would listen to kissing 96. I'll wait for this song to come on.

[Eddie]

Was that his first?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Wasn't Nana number one, though? Wow. So 1994. It was Tim's first hit. It was a number eight song.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Peaked at number eight. So this was it. It was hugely controversial. Some Native American groups criticized it, others defended it. But because of the controversy, Tim got more famous.

[Eddie]

I wonder if the tribes mentioned were the ones that. I like it. And the ones that weren't were just like.

[Bobby Bones]

So if you want Cherokee or Choctaw or Chippewa. Because it's a baby. Half Cherokee and Choctaw, my baby, she's a Chippewa.

[Eddie]

Yeah. What if my friends become a bear claw?

[Bobby Bones]

And.

[Eddie]

And, dude, I could totally see, like, I don't know, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

In my wigwam. Pull out my pipe and smoke me some. I'm getting offended now.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

What the.

[Eddie]

What are we doing here, guys?

[Bobby Bones]

Dude, that's like.

[Eddie]

There were dudes in the board chair. A board meeting, being like, let it rip. I think we're good here.

[Bobby Bones]

It was a jam song, but let's. Let's look at the lyrics to Indian Outlaw.

[Eddie]

Oh, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I can sing it all for sure. Because he goes. And I don't want to sing the melody.

[Eddie]

Talk it out.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm an Indian outlaw.

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

Half Cherokee and Choctaw.

[Eddie]

So far, it's fine.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not offended.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's fine.

[Bobby Bones]

My baby, she's a Chippewa She's a one of a kind okay, you know what? Just telling the story.

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

Also, is this even true about him, though? Because I don't think it is.

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, he's not.

[Eddie]

Did he write it?

[Bobby Bones]

No, but there's no way to say. Like, was he even Native American? I don't think so, because it's weird if, like, an Irish dude gets up and is singing about.

[Eddie]

Yeah, because he is Irish. Right, McGraw.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't think about that.

[Eddie]

The MC.

[Bobby Bones]

All my friends call me Bear Claw the village chieftain is my pawpaw he gets his orders from my mama she makes him walk the line. Okay. We're only mildly treading in where someone could be a little offended.

[Eddie]

Keep reading. I have questions, but keep reading.

[Bobby Bones]

You can find me in my wigwam. Now we're getting there now we're getting to places where just because it rhymes.

[Eddie]

What's a wigwam?

[Bobby Bones]

Like a teepee.

[Fab Five Freddy]

Right?

[Eddie]

Okay, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Indian apartment. Yeah. I'll be beating on my Tom Tom.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Mangusha]

All right.

[Fab Five Freddy]

All right.

[Eddie]

Pull out the pipe.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Dude.

[Eddie]

This is my favorite one. This is my favorite one.

[Bobby Bones]

Pull out the pipe and smoke you some.

[Eddie]

Hey.

[Bobby Bones]

And pass it around.

[Fab Five Freddy]

Huh?

[Bobby Bones]

I can understand Native Americans being offended by this now.

[Eddie]

So is this about a Native American or just about a dude who thinks he's an Indian?

[Bobby Bones]

I've never really listened. I've never really thought about it. I just sang it.

[Eddie]

Can you keep reading?

[Bobby Bones]

I can. Thank you for asking.

[Eddie]

I wanna hear some of these verses.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I ain't. Because I'm. Okay. The chorus. I'm an in law. I ain't looking for trouble. We can ride my pony double.

[Eddie]

What does that mean? You talking to the girl?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Like both ride the horse Both of us make your little heart bubble, Lord, Like a glass of wine. There's nothing there.

[Eddie]

It's fine.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I remember the medicine man he caught running water in my hands Drugged me around by my headband Said I wasn't her kind Feels.

[Fab Five Freddy]

I don't know.

[Eddie]

I just. I'm wondering if this is like a real Native American story. Like, is it based off someone and maybe the memoirs of Bear Claw. Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Interesting. I think if told. If the story told through sing. Yeah, I think that makes a difference. Can you look that up for me, guys?

[Eddie]

Because if there was a real Bear Claw out there and this happened to him.

[Bobby Bones]

Is Indian Outlaw about a real person?

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

It is not. It is not. It's just making it up.

[Eddie]

We're back in trouble. We're back to being in trouble.

[Bobby Bones]

I can kill a deer or a buffalo with just my arrow on my hickory bow from 100 yards don't you know I do it all the time? They all gather around my teepee late at night trying to catch a peek at me and nothing but my buffalo briefs.

[Mangusha]

What the.

[Bobby Bones]

I got them standing in line.

[Fab Five Freddy]

Huh.

[Eddie]

Kinda got weird.

[Bobby Bones]

There's a teepee and a wigwam and

[Eddie]

then also maybe a wigwam's a brand of teepee.

[Bobby Bones]

It wasn't capitalized in lyrics.

[Fab Five Freddy]

No, no. Hmm.

[Bobby Bones]

Wigwam looks more like a hut. But it is It's a semi permanent domed hut.

[Eddie]

Oh. Probably made of clay.

[Bobby Bones]

Now you're going Aztec dude. And then that big breakdown. That was awesome though.

[Eddie]

Cherokee people,

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

man.

[Bobby Bones]

I can understand some people being upset.

[Eddie]

I agree.

[Bobby Bones]

I wasn't.

[Eddie]

Sounds like he's just telling a fictional story of a Native American guy.

[Bobby Bones]

I did a AI overview. Indian Outlaws, an uptempo novelty country song released in 1994. The meaning in the narrative center on rebellious character who proudly boasts about his mixed Native American heritage while adopting the Persona of a rogish outlaw chasing a Chippewa lover.

[Eddie]

Uhhuh. Cuz his baby.

[Bobby Bones]

It's just heavy stereotypes.

[Eddie]

Funny, they use the word novelty on that.

[Fab Five Freddy]

Sorry.

[Bobby Bones]

Ultimately McGraw. You start you crying, dude. It's okay, don't cry. Ultimately, McGraw's acknowledged the controversy, but defended the song as a tongue in cheek piece of storytelling rather than it. I don't feel like it's a deliberate attack. I just feel like maybe it was a little insensitive. And in the 1994. Yeah, different time.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think the teams were still called the teams. Right? The team. Yeah, like the Cleveland.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you mean the sports teams.

[Interview Guest]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

The Redskins.

[Eddie]

The Washington. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. T. Judd parody that hadn't changed yet.

[Bobby Bones]

Indian in laws. Oh, that's funny.

[Eddie]

Is that real?

[Bobby Bones]

The parody? Clay C. Judd. Remember him?

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Sometimes he emails me.

[Eddie]

Really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. I think he lived in like South Carolina or Florida or something over there.

[Eddie]

He's a parody guy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Big successful country parody guy. Okay. There's Indian Outlaw at number four.

[Eddie]

Okay, we're getting there.

[Bobby Bones]

The Bobby cast. We'll be right back. Welcome back to the Bobby cast. This is one of those where it's just one single word. I say the one single word. You'll know the song immediately from the one single word. Ready?

[Eddie]

Oh, is it a name or a word?

[Bobby Bones]

It's a name.

[Eddie]

Jimmy Johnson. Oh, yeah. Live like you were dying.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Released it in 2004. Spent seven weeks at number one. Won Billboard's biggest country song of 2004. It won everything. CMA Song of the Year, Single of the Year, ACM Water, Grammys. It jammed. It still does. It's played at funerals, births. Yeah, it's all that. Graduations, cancer, fundraisers. Like this song does all that.

[Eddie]

Like, who would have thought a sad song like that would be so big? Because it's a sad one.

[Bobby Bones]

It's also an inspirational one at the same time.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because it's. Hey, things aren't going well, but now I'm Gonna go live my life to the fullest.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And even if you're not dying, you should live this way. It's kind of speaking to those people, too.

[Bobby Bones]

And every time I'd hear it, I'd be like, I'm gonna change my life and live like I really. And then I never did.

[Eddie]

Yeah. How long does that last?

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, till the next song comes on.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

After.

[Bobby Bones]

After. Don't Rock the jukebox plays all the way out. I forgot about live like you were dying.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Interview Guest]

Also wearing the hat on the album. No.

[Eddie]

For what?

[Bobby Bones]

This one.

[Interview Guest]

Live like you were dying.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. This hat?

[Eddie]

Yeah, that hat right there.

[Bobby Bones]

He probably wrote this or was wearing this one. He was on full, man. Fu Manchu.

[Eddie]

He wrote 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu. That's a good dude. That's a good one. But I'm so worried.

[Bobby Bones]

Number three, Live like you were dying.

[Eddie]

You have two left.

[Bobby Bones]

And number two I love. It was hard for me not to put this at one. Number two I love so much is from 1997. It's from that Everywhere album we were talking about a second ago. It spent six weeks at number one in the country chart. It was the number one country song of 1998. This is not a typical breakup song. In this song, the narrator, Tim McGraw, loses the girl, but still wants to make her happy. This is when he was 30 years old.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

He.

[Bobby Bones]

He played this in studio for us, and I thought it was awesome. And it goes like this.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Speak it.

[Eddie]

Speak it.

[Bobby Bones]

Just to see you smile.

[Eddie]

Oh, I good, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Do anything. That's jam, dude.

[Eddie]

That's so hard to not sing that because, like, you're saying it and I'm like, that's not good. We need to sing that.

[Bobby Bones]

It's such a good song. And the fact that it was a six week number one is crazy. I don't think most people will put that as high on their list, but I love just to see you smile.

[Eddie]

I'm so worried for your list right now.

[Bobby Bones]

You're not. Cause I'm about to hit number one,

[Eddie]

and I know what it is.

[Bobby Bones]

It's obviously don't take the girl.

[Eddie]

It's obviously don't take the girl.

[Bobby Bones]

This was the first song that, When I was 13 or 14, it made me sad by listening to a song. And so I'll give you the deal here. March 1994 from not a Moment Too Soon. It was his first number one country song because Indian outlaw did not go number one. It was at eight. But the video was crazy. Made me Sad. It was a fishing trip. There was a robbery. There was a childbirth. And why it was different musically was. It was told really as a story and showed as a short movie, the video. And so people would still ask, tim, does she survive? And I did ask him on our show, and he said, I don't think she did.

[Eddie]

So, yeah, he kind of broke that news to us.

[Bobby Bones]

Crossed over beyond country. It was top 20, Billboard Hot 100. So. On the pop charts. And that was it. Don't take the Girl.

[Eddie]

Now, did he write that one?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I don't think so.

[Eddie]

Okay, so he really can't say what happened to the girl.

[Bobby Bones]

When he told me, when I asked him, he said, I don't think so.

[Eddie]

Right, right.

[Bobby Bones]

But no, he did not write don't think so.

[Eddie]

And that's his opinion.

[Bobby Bones]

That's his opinion, yeah. Did you think that was gonna be number one?

[Eddie]

I just didn't know what you were gonna do. You had. I like it. I love it. Left. You had a red rack, a red rag top.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so what songs. Which is why I brought you here. What songs did not make it that you would have put in the top 10?

[Eddie]

Highway don't care. Love Highway Don't Care. Never was a fan, really, from the beginning.

[Bobby Bones]

It's fine. Is it fine? And Keith Urban doesn't really sing.

[Eddie]

Taylor Comes in there.

[Fab Five Freddy]

It's good.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a good song. But that isn't like a generational McGraw song to me.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Okay. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

So you put that one.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Red rag top. Like, I can't believe they didn't make your list. I would have subbed out. It's a tough one.

[Bobby Bones]

You wouldn't have put in She's My Kind of Rain?

[Eddie]

No, I wouldn't have put that in there. I wonder if I would get rid of.

[Bobby Bones]

What about Lil Wayne bumping in my ipod?

[Eddie]

No, I'm good.

[Chuck Bryant]

Truck.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Truck. Yeah. Is great and all, but no, I wouldn't put that on the list.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

I like it. I love it. Red rag top. Highway, don't care. Trying to think of something else. No, I think you got everything else.

[Bobby Bones]

Shotgun Rider was pretty good.

[Eddie]

Shotgun Rider's good.

[Bobby Bones]

Way later, I thought about that one. But Tim McGraw. I like him as a dude.

[Eddie]

You love him?

[Bobby Bones]

I love him as a dude. I want some more of him as a dude. You know, the one song that I thought about putting in and only because I saw a really emotional performance of

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

was.

[Bobby Bones]

I think it's. If you're reading this.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

I went in New York, because he wrote a book and he was performing that song when they were talking about the book. And basically, it's like someone who goes to war. And if you're reading this.

[Interview Guest]

Yeah, he did write that one.

[Bobby Bones]

He wrote that one.

[Eddie]

He did, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I think that one was more so. Like, in that moment when I watched him tell the story and play the song, I was like, wow.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

More so than my whole life being affected by it. But, man, that was a good song. That was from.

[Interview Guest]

It looked like let it go record 20 2007.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, is that old?

[Eddie]

Yep, 2007. So that was before we knew him.

[Bobby Bones]

If you're reading this by Tim McGraw.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Okay. I thought it was right. I thought it was right around the time. The time.

[Bobby Bones]

Tribute to the families of fallen soldiers. It takes the form of a posthumous letter from a soldier, remember, to his loved ones.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

That.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a. It's a great song, Brandon. I miss anything in your mind?

[Interview Guest]

There's one duet that I always think about, and I don't know if you guys remember it, but it was him and Faith. It's called I need you.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it I need you? That's Lean rhymes. I'm doing Lean Rhymes.

[Interview Guest]

The. The verse starts out, want to drink that shot of whiskey? I don't need this, I don't need that, but I need you. You know, it's really good. They sang it on one mic at the ACMs.

[Bobby Bones]

One mic.

[Interview Guest]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

They were probably facing each other, not Bon Jovi style, where they were back

[Interview Guest]

to back, where they were facing each other, sitting down in chairs. And just like, that's looking in each other's eyes. It was like, whoa.

[Bobby Bones]

Think they went home together?

[Eddie]

I bet they did.

[Bobby Bones]

That's saucy stuff, man. All right, there you go.

[Eddie]

Can you text him right now?

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not going to, but could you? Yeah.

[Eddie]

That's awesome. Can I have his number? I promise I won't text him. No, dude, I would. Can you do me a favor? Can you do me a favor? Can you do me a favor?

[Bobby Bones]

No, no.

[Eddie]

Can you text him and say, hey, Eddie wants your number?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

Can I give it to him? No.

[Bobby Bones]

Zero.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Fab Five Freddy]

Okay.

[Eddie]

For my birthday next year.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't.

[Mangusha]

I don't.

[Eddie]

Because.

[Bobby Bones]

What would you do with this?

[Eddie]

Nothing. All I want is to have it in my number.

[Bobby Bones]

Why don't I give you a fake number?

[Eddie]

Because sometimes I go back home and my cous are like, dude, do you really know these guys? I'm like, yeah, look, I have Tim McGraw's number.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, then just. I'll just give you a number to put in your phone. If you're never gonna text them, what's the difference?

[Eddie]

I want to be honest with them. And, dude, how cool would it be to have Tim McGraw's number? I will, dude. I promise. I will never text him.

[Bobby Bones]

Then why does it matter if I give you a real number?

[Eddie]

Because I want to have that number.

[Bobby Bones]

Then you'll text him. You'll get text. One night with your friends back home.

[Eddie]

LSU game. LSU wins the championship.

[Bobby Bones]

You'll text Tim McGraw.

[Eddie]

It's Eddie. Congratulations.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't feel like I can do

[Eddie]

that, but can you ask him?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I don't even text him.

[Eddie]

Dude, if he says, like, no, no, no, no, no chance, then cool.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't even text him a girl. Maybe once a year, if something happens, I text Chesney more than I text McGraw.

[Eddie]

What do you guys talk about?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, nothing, honestly.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but what do y' all talk about?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, let me pull up my text Chesney. TV bars. So this is Cars. Look, this is Chesney and I's.

[Eddie]

Wow, That's a lot of conversation.

[Bobby Bones]

So it's some.

[Eddie]

So, wow, that's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

But I don't.

[Eddie]

I don't. I promise I won't even have any of that.

[Bobby Bones]

Stop saying I promise.

[Eddie]

But I really. I'm telling you, I swear to God, I will never text him unless he texts me first.

[Bobby Bones]

And, like, obviously, how is he gonna text you? He doesn't have your number. Do you think he's sitting somewhere going, just give me Eddie's number. I'd love to text Eddie.

[Eddie]

He'd never say that.

[Bobby Bones]

If I could just get Eddie's number. But if you ask him for it, Eddie, next time he's in studio.

[Eddie]

Okay? Can I do that? Will you let me do that?

[Bobby Bones]

I can't stop you from doing that. But don't do it when I'm around. I'd rather you not. I'd rather you not.

[Eddie]

Hey, I fall into the bathroom. Tim.

[Bobby Bones]

How would you ask Tim McGraw for his number?

[Eddie]

Hey, dude, do you mind if I get your number?

[Bobby Bones]

No way he's gonna say no.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Or he's going to give you a number that's not his.

[Eddie]

Oh, that would be the worst. Oh, that would hurt so bad.

[Bobby Bones]

Give you, like, his manager's number or something.

[Eddie]

Why. Why do they. Why do you have his number? You don't even use it, and he gave you a baby gift. Like you're not utilizing this friendship to the fullest.

[Bobby Bones]

What would I do with him? A girl.

[Eddie]

I'm sure he. You guys have a lot in common.

[Bobby Bones]

Name it. He goes to the beach and spearfishes.

[Eddie]

That's awesome.

[Hoda Kotb]

Dude.

[Interview Guest]

You're both jacked.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I'm not jack.

[Mangusha]

I'm just.

[Eddie]

What does he do? You should ask him that. Dude, what do you do? Can I join you on one of these things that you do?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I don't. I don't text anybody.

[Eddie]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I have numbers in my phone.

[Eddie]

You probably have everyone's number, don't you?

[Bobby Bones]

No, not everybody.

[Eddie]

Jelly rolls number. No, you don't.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't.

[Eddie]

That's shocking.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't have jelly rolls.

[Eddie]

Do you have Garth?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Well, how do you not text that?

[Bobby Bones]

So I have Garth, but I thought I had Garth's main. Then Garth texted me from another number.

[Eddie]

Oh, no.

[Bobby Bones]

So either he was texting me from his main the whole time, and then you hit me up with the secondary.

[Eddie]

Garth a drug dealer.

[Bobby Bones]

Or I was texting with a secondary. Then he hit me up with his main. So I've got two Garth numbers. I don't know which one's really his.

[Eddie]

Interesting.

[Bobby Bones]

He also could have changed his number.

[Eddie]

So when he texted you within main, did you save that? Did you. You saved both of them, right? I have Garth 1, Garth 2.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I don't have Garth real, but I have Garth 1, Gartha 2. Because I don't know which one's Garth Real.

[Eddie]

Do you have. Do you have him as Garth Brooks? Like, is he under Bs?

[Bobby Bones]

Just under Garth.

[Eddie]

So he's under G. Garth1.

[Bobby Bones]

Because in case someone gets on my phone and doesn't know, maybe they think it's like, Garth from Wayne's World or something.

[Eddie]

And then that's what I do with you. I have you under a code name.

[Bobby Bones]

There's no need. Nobody cares.

[Eddie]

Just in case I lose my phone,

[Bobby Bones]

I have in the A's.

[Eddie]

Oh, gosh. We're gonna do this alphabetically.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I'll just.

[Eddie]

Alabama. Alan Jackson.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't have Alan Jackson. There's not many Ace. I have one in the A's last name. No, I have two, but I need to delete.

[Eddie]

John Anderson.

[Bobby Bones]

I need to delete the one I have. No, I have.

[Eddie]

You have to delete the one of

[Bobby Bones]

them I need to delete. Yeah, one of them I do. I have Lauren. Elena. I don't have to delete that.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's fine.

[Bobby Bones]

This one we're not. Can we not show this on camera?

[Interview Guest]

Yeah, I'm not going to show it.

[Bobby Bones]

That one right there.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. Just move on from that one. Yeah, I might have that one, too.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's one that shouldn't really be there in the phone anymore.

[Eddie]

I might have that one.

[Bobby Bones]

Under B, I have Dirk Spentley, Brett Elder.

[Eddie]

Is he E or B? No, they're all. They're all.

[Bobby Bones]

I just typed in B, so I have Clint Black.

[Eddie]

That's awesome. Dude, you have to do code names.

[Bobby Bones]

George Burge.

[Eddie]

See? Brooke. Oh, no, it's just Garcia Kane Brown. Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Luke Bryan.

[Eddie]

Dang. Bs a power letter.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Brett would be under E, I guess. Okay, pick one other letter and I'll.

[Eddie]

Luke Bryan is there.

[Bobby Bones]

Huh.

[Eddie]

Does he have one phone or two?

[Bobby Bones]

I only text one phone with him. He calls me from Luke. Just calls. Sometime he's a caller.

[Eddie]

And what does he say?

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, what are you doing?

[Eddie]

So weird. Okay, okay. You can pick one more letter. One more letter. Let's go with

[Bobby Bones]

S. Okay.

[Eddie]

S. Shania.

[Bobby Bones]

Mark from Sawyer Brown.

[Eddie]

That's cool. Wait, so is he under Sawyer Brown?

[Bobby Bones]

He's under Mark Sawyer Brown. Sawyer Brown.

[Ad-Lib/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Smart. Nate Smith.

[Bobby Bones]

Hold on. Luke Smallbone. Do you know who that is?

[Eddie]

Yes. For King of Country. That's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Nate Smith.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Dan Smyers from Dan and Chick. The Isabel Brothers. They're songwriters.

[Drink Champs Host]

Shay.

[Eddie]

Shay Mooney.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, he'd be under M. He'd be under M? Yeah. Matt Stell, Natalie Stovall. Cole Swindell.

[Eddie]

There we go.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's the S's. I don't think I have everybody that.

[Eddie]

You think I have any athletes in there?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, and the S's. I have Rocket Sanders, who played Arkansas in South Carolina.

[Eddie]

Where's he playing now?

[Bobby Bones]

He's in the NFL. Or was on, like, a practice squad for a bit. Boog Scamby. Who is the Cubs announcer?

[Eddie]

Boog? Yeah. That dude's everywhere.

[Bobby Bones]

S. I'm just doing S. Ryan Silverfield, the Arkansas head coach.

[Eddie]

Who's your. Your Swindell?

[Bobby Bones]

Greg.

[Eddie]

Yeah. He's gotta be on there, right?

[Mangusha]

Cole.

[Bobby Bones]

Cole Swindell.

[Eddie]

No, Greg. Greg.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I have Greg. I think I just have him as Greg. Who's the pitch for the Diamondbacks?

[Eddie]

That's when you just have the first names and you never.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I've known him for a long time.

[Eddie]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that fun for you?

[Eddie]

That's a lot of fun. Listen to all those names. I just want one for my birthday. Just give me Tim McGraw's.

[Bobby Bones]

That's weird. If you wouldn't have asked it like that. If you'd just been much cooler about it.

[Eddie]

How?

[Bobby Bones]

How?

[Eddie]

And you just said, give me the script.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Do you ever text him a girl? Sometimes, but not a lot. I had his number for a while. I lost it, though. Would you mind sending it back over to me?

[Eddie]

Oh, so lie to you. You would never.

[Bobby Bones]

Dude, that's the script.

[Eddie]

I'm telling you right now. You'd be like, you've never had his number. You wouldn't believe me.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, well, there's our top 10 McGraw songs.

[Fab Five Freddy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you have fun?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I did. I was having fun until. Until you didn't give me Tim McGraw's number.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, could he play a game where he, like, earns a digit at a time, and then you have to try all the different versions?

[Eddie]

I feel like I don't need the. The area code, so it would just be seven numbers, maybe. Oh, yeah, you're right. Yeah. Maybe it's from somewhere else.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe not. Could have an island phone. All right, that's it. Thank you guys for watching. Thank you for listening, and we will see you guys next time. Thanks for listening to the Bobbycast. Share this episode with a friend because they don't pay to advertise us. This is an Iheart podcast. Guaranteed human.